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John is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and coaches the Scrum Framework and Scrum @ Scale from the latest Scrum and S@S guides (2020). His focus is to enable individuals, teams, business owners, and organizations to increase predictability while reducing risk.  Over 25 years experience in database management, business operations, and project management.

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Scrum@Scale
Scrum Master
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Systems Engineer
Senior Programmer
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Trailblazer

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Technology Product Development

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Database Management

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Multicultural/cross-functional teams

Agile - Scrum

Continuous Improvement

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John McCord (Self-Employed)

Certified Scrum Master

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Work Experience : 2017 - present

Scrum@Scale, Scrum of Scrums Master (2021), facilitating marketing/development package for dual promotion via Strategic Vision, Continuous Improvement, Backlog Decomposition and Refinement, and Product Feedback loops
Scrum Master (4+ years), facilitating Publishing Backlog burn-down (culminating in published releases in September, 2020: Xray, Wuhan)
• Website design, prototyping, evaluation, and approval
• Development of new text
• Editing/revision/formatting of existing text
• Art work design, review, and approval
• 50% gain in productivity after CSM certification

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Self-Employed Writer / Author

Publisher / Writer/ Editor / Designer

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Work Experience : 2002-2017

Writer, philosopher, three-time published author of fiction
• The Sun in the Eastern Sky
• Sneak Attack
• Relativity

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AOL

Senior Project Manager

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Work Experience : 1995-2002

Senior Project Manager, Customer Care and Reporting Systems, America Online (5 years)
Development Manager, Customer Care Systems, America Online (1 year)
Senior Programmer, Customer Care Systems prototyping, America Online (1 year)

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Computers for People, Inc.

Owner / Manager

Work Experience : 1991-1995

Owner/Manager of a small business technology company, enabling small businesses to increase their productivity through adoption of software and connectivity products
Products delivered:
• Custom sales database management system
• Custom business-tracking application, integrated with accounting software
• Custom invoicing and payment tracking system
• Custom time-tracking, paycheck, and withholding application

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IBM Federal Systems Division

Systems Engineer

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Work Experience : 1982-1991

• Systems Engineer for training systems prototypes
• Systems Engineer for legacy sonar training systems
• Performance Monitoring Engineer for sonar system filtering element, deployed on U.S. attack class submarines

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